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  2. Circle of fifths - Wikipedia

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    The sharps in the key signature of G ♯ major here proceed C ♯, G ♯, D ♯, A ♯, E ♯, B ♯, F. Single sharps or flats in the key signature are sometimes repeated as a courtesy, e.g. Max Reger's Supplement to the Theory of Modulation, which contains D ♭ minor key signatures on pp. 42–45.

  3. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor. Similarly, in minor keys, chords from the parallel major may also be "borrowed". For example, in E minor, the diatonic chord built on the fourth scale degree is IVm, or A minor. However, in practice, many songs in E minor will use IV (A major), which is borrowed from the key of E major.

  4. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are relative to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat. Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is a major sixth above the tonic of the major scale ...

  5. Diatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    These could be transposed not only to include one flat in the signature (as described by Glarean), but to all twelve notes of the chromatic scale, resulting in a total of eighty-four diatonic scales. The modern musical keyboard originated as a diatonic keyboard with only white keys. [4] The black keys were progressively added for several purposes:

  6. Andalusian cadence - Wikipedia

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    However, the Phrygian mode features a minor third and the "I" chord may be taken for a borrowed chord, i.e., a Picardy third.) When the VI chord, which may be added between III and ♭ II (iv–III–VI– ♭ II–I) and cadenced upon, is the most characteristic contrasting tonal area, similar by analogy to the relative major of a minor key. [12]

  7. Diatonic and chromatic - Wikipedia

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    Bernhard Ziehn's 1907 list of, "diatonic triads", diatonic seventh-chords," and two examples of, "diatonic ninth-chords," the "large" and "small" ninth chords; all from the C major or the C harmonic minor scale [28] Diatonic chords are generally understood as those that are built using only notes from the same diatonic scale; all other chords ...

  8. Universal key - Wikipedia

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    When used with chord symbols, the Roman numerals represent the root of a triad built on the associated scale step. In music theory based on the practices of the common practice period and its derivations the chord numerals are often written in upper case for chords in the major family, and in lower case for chords in the minor family, with the usual "m" or "—" minor chord quality suffix ...

  9. Supertonic - Wikipedia

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    In Roman numeral analysis, the supertonic chord is typically symbolized by the Roman numeral "ii" in a major key, indicating that the chord is a minor chord (in C: D–F–A). In a minor key, it is indicated by "ii o" if it is built on the a natural minor scale, indicating that the chord is a diminished chord (in C: D–F–A ♭).